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. >> president obama and mitt romney meet in the first presidential debate. two ways to watch the debate. the multi camera version. falling, your reactions. follow our live coverage. >> house majority leader this as his democratic challenger. this debate focuses on economic issues. the first for the seventh district. that -- this is just over an hour. [applause] >> thank you very much. let me begin with a few reminders. we are fortunate enough to have ts we will covering this event and want to let everyone know about that. [applause] secondly, both candidates have asked everyone in their room to turn their cell phones off. not buzzing competing, or ringing, but please have them off. third after each question we view -- please hold your applause until the end of the debate. we are just going to take time if we have to wait for a pause after the end of every question a matter how get the answer might be. a little bit now about the actual format. we begin and end with three minute closing statements by each candid, and those the order which has been determined b
. >> president obama and mitt romney meet in the first presidential debate. two ways to watch the debate. the multi camera version. falling, your reactions. follow our live coverage. >> house majority leader this as his democratic challenger. this debate focuses on economic issues. the first for the seventh district. that -- this is just over an hour. [applause] >> thank you very much. let me begin with a few reminders. we are fortunate enough to have ts we will covering this...
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but the whole stimulus debate is a case study in obama to the disillusionment of the left but proved that obama was just like every other politician. more interested in cutting deals and trading james desperate to compromise with republicans who were only interested in surrender. to the fever swamps on the right it revealed obama is a euro socialist radical who is a full - chicago style partisan and a wimp who is deferring to his leftist congressional overlords of the same time. he was pretty much what he said he was. a data oriented left of center technocrat that was above all a pragmatist comfortable with compromise, and willing to sacrifice the good in pursuit of the ideal it was the first evidence that after the campaigning of the change on the system outsider he would govern as a work the system insider but despite all of his talk, he understood they don't produce change. the stimulus is producing change. it's not producing perfection. it's making these better. before the stimulus less than 20% of doctors use electronic medical records. by 2015 just about all americans would hav
but the whole stimulus debate is a case study in obama to the disillusionment of the left but proved that obama was just like every other politician. more interested in cutting deals and trading james desperate to compromise with republicans who were only interested in surrender. to the fever swamps on the right it revealed obama is a euro socialist radical who is a full - chicago style partisan and a wimp who is deferring to his leftist congressional overlords of the same time. he was pretty...
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it was a really terrific piece about where the debate over obama was going. um, and schmidt wrote perhaps we're being too literal in believing that hope and bipartisanship are things obama naively believes are present and possible when, in fact, they are a tactic. one way to deal with that bad faith opposition -- by which he meant conservative opposition -- is to draw the person in, treat them as if they were operating in good faith, and draw them into a conversation about how they would actually solve the problem. if they have nothing, it shows. schmidt was early to see that this may be more than just knew grieve, -- naive, it may be actually tactical and quite savvy. more recently, i mean, this debate has gone on for the entire course of obama's presidency, but as we get toward re-election time, it's being litigated with special intensity, and i think the most recent, the most recent impetus for the debate, um, was andrew sullivan who's actually a former colleague of mine at the new republic. andrew wrote a cover story that got a lot of attention in "newswe
it was a really terrific piece about where the debate over obama was going. um, and schmidt wrote perhaps we're being too literal in believing that hope and bipartisanship are things obama naively believes are present and possible when, in fact, they are a tactic. one way to deal with that bad faith opposition -- by which he meant conservative opposition -- is to draw the person in, treat them as if they were operating in good faith, and draw them into a conversation about how they would...
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2009 where, um, people are still pleading with obama to let it go, scale it back. rahm emanuel had this idea that you would do health care, and and then, you know, you'd do it by july, and then after that you'd immediately turn back to the economy and start pitching, you know, kind of more jobs proposals. and that, obviously, got completely cast aside because health care dragged on for so long. in the book i tell a story about a senator who comes to see obama in the oval office and the is just pleading with him, you know, please. i know you ran on health care, but, you know, had i been elected at a time of unprecedented economic hardship, i would really want people to know that what i did with my first year was worry about jobs. and obama said, you know, this is why i ran, you know? this is what mattered to me. so he believed in it deeply, um, on one level i don't begrudge him for believing in it deeply, but i do think it ended up being an enormous political liability. >> okay, thank you. >> thank you. i have a more general political question. and that's about pola
2009 where, um, people are still pleading with obama to let it go, scale it back. rahm emanuel had this idea that you would do health care, and and then, you know, you'd do it by july, and then after that you'd immediately turn back to the economy and start pitching, you know, kind of more jobs proposals. and that, obviously, got completely cast aside because health care dragged on for so long. in the book i tell a story about a senator who comes to see obama in the oval office and the is just...
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, many of which are supported by president obama and other democrats as well. so we welcome you here, and whatever remarks you have will be included this their entirety in the record that you have prepared, and we'd welcome summary from you. so why don't we begin with chairman kline. >> thank you, chairman dreier. good morning to you and members of the committee. many new i members and new seats, kind of an exciting day. i appreciate the opportunity to testify in many support of this legislation that reflects the wishes of the american people and repeals the disastrous government takeover of health care. the educational work force committee's interest in this legislation is primarily found in the provisions affecting employer-provided health care with more than half of all non-elderly americans receiving health care coverage through an employer-provided plan, these elements of the law are among the most consequential for individuals, families and our economy. numerous provisions of the law threaten job creation and economic growth, but few are as visible as the
, many of which are supported by president obama and other democrats as well. so we welcome you here, and whatever remarks you have will be included this their entirety in the record that you have prepared, and we'd welcome summary from you. so why don't we begin with chairman kline. >> thank you, chairman dreier. good morning to you and members of the committee. many new i members and new seats, kind of an exciting day. i appreciate the opportunity to testify in many support of this...
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[applause] during the debate of obamacare, president obama promised no american taxpayer dollars would be used to fund abortion in the bill. unfortunately, this is not how things played out, and that is why next week we'll substantiate up again and bring forward a bill to ensure that no taxpayer dollars will cover abortion and no health care worker has to participate in abortions against their will. [cheers and applause] [applause] the house moved to try and cut off all taxpayer funding to planned parenthood and its abortion clinics, but that is not the way things played out, but i can tell you after november 2012, we look forward to a senate and a white house that will partner with us to once and for all eliminate government funding for any and all organizations that perform abortions. [cheers and applause] [applause] you know, there's no more caring country than america. in fact, the exceptionalism of our people stems from the fact that we are prone to giving rather than taking, but this, too, is now under assault in washington. as democrats fight to maintain taxpayer funding for the
[applause] during the debate of obamacare, president obama promised no american taxpayer dollars would be used to fund abortion in the bill. unfortunately, this is not how things played out, and that is why next week we'll substantiate up again and bring forward a bill to ensure that no taxpayer dollars will cover abortion and no health care worker has to participate in abortions against their will. [cheers and applause] [applause] the house moved to try and cut off all taxpayer funding to...
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as to who the obama's stimulus policies were enough or not enough. in a flat world, in a neoliberallized globalized world, the government has the capacity to create as much demand as it wants in tax cuts and government spending. it just can't call into being or be sure the production its called into being by that demand will be in the united states. we can be stimulating chinese and german industry while they free ride and don't have budget deficit and look down at us for running red ink and give us lectures. it's a crucial point. it's not the only point, but it's one. it's characterized by the relatively free movement without the movement of labor. that doesn't mean only immigration in. we call the agreements that constitute it free trade agreements. not quite. you don't need 600 pages, but you just need there's no tariffs, both countries agree, and there's no exception. 600 pages, under fast track, congress doesn't see or debate, just votes up or down. what's in the other 599 pages? i'll use provocative language to say an undisputed fact. what's in
as to who the obama's stimulus policies were enough or not enough. in a flat world, in a neoliberallized globalized world, the government has the capacity to create as much demand as it wants in tax cuts and government spending. it just can't call into being or be sure the production its called into being by that demand will be in the united states. we can be stimulating chinese and german industry while they free ride and don't have budget deficit and look down at us for running red ink and...
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president obama frames debate this way because here you can see only kind that he could wind against strawman argument. no politician is more skilled. [chanting u.s.a.] [chanting u.s.a.] let me say it again in case you didn't hear it. [cheers and applause] and we all know that no politician is more skilled at her poses against imaginary adversaries. nobody is better at rebuking nonexistent opinions. barack obama does this all the time and in this campaign, we are going to call him on it. [cheers and applause] the president is given to lectures on all that we had to government as if anyone who opposes his reckless expansion of federal power is guilty of ingratitude and rank individualism. he treats private enterprise is little more than a revenue source for government. he uses government is to redistribute or allocator of opportunity. well, the results are in for that, too. here we are, for years of economic stewardship and a self-proclaimed advocates of the polar. and what do they have to show for it? more people in poverty unless mobility wherever you look. after four years of divid
president obama frames debate this way because here you can see only kind that he could wind against strawman argument. no politician is more skilled. [chanting u.s.a.] [chanting u.s.a.] let me say it again in case you didn't hear it. [cheers and applause] and we all know that no politician is more skilled at her poses against imaginary adversaries. nobody is better at rebuking nonexistent opinions. barack obama does this all the time and in this campaign, we are going to call him on it....
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we will show you the house debate from a month ago, february 9th, as we wait for president obama at 11:55. >> madam speaker, i am pleased to recognize the regional officer of this bill. because of her deep concern about this matter, i am going to yield her as much time as she may consume. ..as she may consume. ms. slaughter: good morning, madam speaker. i thank the gentleman for his generosity. try as i may the majority leader cantor and the house republican leadership were unable to move forward with the stock act without keeping at least some of the reforms that we included in its bill six years ago. however when it comes to k street it appears that republican leadership couldn't stomach the pressure from the political intelligence community. after working behind closed doors the majority removed the major provision that would have held political intelligence operatives to the same sands as lobbyists who come before the congress. i need to put into the record that political intelligence is worth $400 million a year. it is unregulated, unseen, and operates in the dark. fortunately dem
we will show you the house debate from a month ago, february 9th, as we wait for president obama at 11:55. >> madam speaker, i am pleased to recognize the regional officer of this bill. because of her deep concern about this matter, i am going to yield her as much time as she may consume. ..as she may consume. ms. slaughter: good morning, madam speaker. i thank the gentleman for his generosity. try as i may the majority leader cantor and the house republican leadership were unable to move...
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neighbors are scheduled to vote tomorrow on limiting debate and also on an amendment to the measure. and this afternoon congressional leaders returned to the white house at 3:45 eastern for another meeting with president obama on deficit reduction. we will give you reaction on the c-span network. meanwhile, live coverage of the senate here on c-span2. the presiding officer: the senate will come to order. the chaplain dr. barry black will lead the senate in prayer. the chaplain: let us pray. ever-present and ever-gracious god, touch the hearts of our lawmakers today with the warmth of your love and the blessing of your wisdom. may they develop from the warmth of your love a civility and respect that will enable them to accomplish your will on earth. empower them to use the blessing of your wisdom to build a better nation and world. enlarge their powers with your strength by infusing their lives with the qualities of character which are needed in these challenging days. lord, help them to see beyond the baffling and bewildering events of our times the unfolding of your loving providenc
neighbors are scheduled to vote tomorrow on limiting debate and also on an amendment to the measure. and this afternoon congressional leaders returned to the white house at 3:45 eastern for another meeting with president obama on deficit reduction. we will give you reaction on the c-span network. meanwhile, live coverage of the senate here on c-span2. the presiding officer: the senate will come to order. the chaplain dr. barry black will lead the senate in prayer. the chaplain: let us pray....
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now the debate will start now. but it'll get real serious over the summer. everybody is going to say you are going to shut down the government in order to get rid of obama's programs. and i say again what do you have to shut the government down for? you don't want the individual mandate enforcement that requires everybody to buy health insurance approved by the government, written by the government, and pay full freight for it? you don't want that enforced. you don't want the employer mandate enforced that's going to cost us jobs. fine, close down the irs. zero funding until they approve of the budget with those riders in it. we could do without it for a couple of weeks. believe me. and when those guys within the drawing salaries, you bet they will begin to see the light. you don't want carbon limits that are going to destroy american manufacturing and force the jobs overseas. by the way in my book "revolt" i point out that the united states has already accomplished 60% of the goals of kyoto and copenhagen, the way that free men and women do it, through the
now the debate will start now. but it'll get real serious over the summer. everybody is going to say you are going to shut down the government in order to get rid of obama's programs. and i say again what do you have to shut the government down for? you don't want the individual mandate enforcement that requires everybody to buy health insurance approved by the government, written by the government, and pay full freight for it? you don't want that enforced. you don't want the employer mandate...
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now the debate will start now. but it'll get real serious over the summer. everybody is going to say you are going to shut down the government in order to get rid of obama's programs. and i say again what do you have to shut the government down for? you don't want the individual mandate enforcement that requires everybody to buy health insurance approved by the government, written by the government, and pay full freight for it? you don't want that enforced. you don't want the employer mandate enforced that's going to cost us jobs. fine, close down the irs. zero funding until they approve of the budget with those riders in it. we could do without it for a couple of weeks. believe me. and when those guys within the drawing salaries, you bet they will begin to see the light. you don't want carbon limits that are going to destroy american manufacturing and force the jobs overseas. by the way in my book "revolt" i point out that the united states has already accomplished 60% of the goals of kyoto and copenhagen, the way that free men and women do it, through the
now the debate will start now. but it'll get real serious over the summer. everybody is going to say you are going to shut down the government in order to get rid of obama's programs. and i say again what do you have to shut the government down for? you don't want the individual mandate enforcement that requires everybody to buy health insurance approved by the government, written by the government, and pay full freight for it? you don't want that enforced. you don't want the employer mandate...
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this was before the health care debate. it was a clear warning signal about where the independents were heading, and i think watching these independents, their views are important i would just like to get back to one thing that doug said about trade, and going to do a little self promotion you. will have a survey next week is going to include some trade. for the first time will be able to analyze tea party supporters, and i'm really interested to see where tea party people come down on this trade agenda. because on the one hand, they are free market supporters, and on the other there is this sense of no foreign involvement and a sort of skepticism, if not cynicism, about foreign countries. so we'll have a survey out next week that gets to that. >> perhaps the news today that michele bachmann, the person greater tea party caucus in house the house, is challenging jeb hensarling for republican conference chair in the new leadership. perhaps they could have that debate. i would like to open this up in our final 15 years or so
this was before the health care debate. it was a clear warning signal about where the independents were heading, and i think watching these independents, their views are important i would just like to get back to one thing that doug said about trade, and going to do a little self promotion you. will have a survey next week is going to include some trade. for the first time will be able to analyze tea party supporters, and i'm really interested to see where tea party people come down on this...
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debate right now. the thing that the house republicans are demanding are cuts that are e actual to the amount the debt ceiling would be raised, and in addition to budget reform and other issues they will need. should be tied to the debt ceiling increases. the difference between right now and when the republicans demanded this in 2011, the time in 2011 the white house said they would be willing to negotiate. of course, that lead to bring -- bricksmanship. 11th hour. looked like the country was going to default in the deal of the budget control act right before the debt ceiling had to be raised. and that prompted all sort of other issues including sequestration which everyone complains about today. the white house said we're not going negotiate at all. we need to raise the debt ceiling. at this point, the two sides are nowhere near each other how it gets resolved, i don't anybody knows. >> host: susan, you agree with the assessment? >> guest: right. it's going to be a battle over whether or not the presi
debate right now. the thing that the house republicans are demanding are cuts that are e actual to the amount the debt ceiling would be raised, and in addition to budget reform and other issues they will need. should be tied to the debt ceiling increases. the difference between right now and when the republicans demanded this in 2011, the time in 2011 the white house said they would be willing to negotiate. of course, that lead to bring -- bricksmanship. 11th hour. looked like the country was...
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according to the joint economic committee analysis, if the obama economic recovery had been as strong as merely an average post-1960 recovery, we could currently have millions more private-sector jobs. i had the pleasure this last weekend of hearing a fascinating debate by larry summers, former president of harvard university, a brilliant economist, and another brilliant economist, senator phil gramm, who taught at texas a&m but making the point, senator gramm making the point if we had had a typical recovery after a recession it would have been a v shaped recovery and we did not get that. the economy continues to grow slowly, unusually slowly and they were exploring the reasons for that. a lot of it has to do with uncertainty about the role of the federal government when it comes to taxes, when it comes to regulation, when it comes to our escalating national debt. now over $17 trillion and what that might mean in the future. but add all that up and americans are continuing to feel increasingly pessimistic about the state of our economy, the state of their personal health care relatio
according to the joint economic committee analysis, if the obama economic recovery had been as strong as merely an average post-1960 recovery, we could currently have millions more private-sector jobs. i had the pleasure this last weekend of hearing a fascinating debate by larry summers, former president of harvard university, a brilliant economist, and another brilliant economist, senator phil gramm, who taught at texas a&m but making the point, senator gramm making the point if we had had...
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a bigger one which is interesting and still the subject of debate and i tried to air out the debate. the obama campaign ran a massive advertising operation against governor romney starting in the late spring of 2012 and they ran $125 million in advertising. in one way this was a defining moment in the campaign and if you talk to the campaign people on both sides, that they believe that it was a defining moment. the obama campaign was able to make the case against mitt romney as being capable of handling the economy more effectively than the president. they went after his record in massachusetts. they won after things that the capital had done and they literally piled on. the romney campaign had very little response to it. they had an internet response but because they were short of money and because they have a strategic sense that they did not want to fight the campaign on the turf that the president had chosen had they wanted to pick their own battles they didn't respond. both sides as i say thought this was a defining moment as political scientists have looked at this. and there a
a bigger one which is interesting and still the subject of debate and i tried to air out the debate. the obama campaign ran a massive advertising operation against governor romney starting in the late spring of 2012 and they ran $125 million in advertising. in one way this was a defining moment in the campaign and if you talk to the campaign people on both sides, that they believe that it was a defining moment. the obama campaign was able to make the case against mitt romney as being capable of...